Anomalous left main coronary artery origin, silent ischaemia, risk of sudden death: a triad detected by combining coronary CT and dipyridamole SPECT

Sudden death is often the first manifestation of ALMCO. 2 In this patient, the aortic root dilation may have compressed the acute angle take off of the RCA, inducing a dynamic stenosis. 3 Perfusion may have then become dependent on collaterals. [...]dipyridamole-induced flow steal from RCA collatera...

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